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(EU)Archduke Franz Ferdinand shot in Sarajevo
On this day, the archduke of Austria -Hungary was shot by gavrillo princip. This event is often considered the spark for world war 1, which would grow because of entangling alliances -
President Woodrow Wilson declares US policy of Neutrality (EU/US)
U.S. proclaims neutrality in World War I, August 4, 1914. On this day in 1914, as World War I erupted across Europe, President Woodrow Wilson declared that the United States would remain “impartial in thought as well as in action. -
Germans Fire
The Germans fire shells filled with chlorine gas at Allied lines. This is the first time that large amounts of gas are used in battle, and the result is the near-collapse of the French lines. However, the Germans are unable to take advantage of the breach. -
The lusitania and submarine war (EU/US)
The German people shoot a missile at the us boat (lusitania) which they were trying to start a war but the us didn't start a war with them. -
First Tanks(EU)
The British employ the first tanks ever used in battle, at Delville Wood. Although they are useful at breaking through barbed wire and clearing a path for the infantry, tanks are still primitive and they fail to be the decisive weapon, as their designers thought they would be. -
Zimmerman note(EU)
The Zimmermann Telegram (or Zimmermann Note or Zimmerman Cable) was a secret diplomatic communication issued from the German Foreign Office in January 1917 that proposed a military alliance between Germany and Mexico. -
WILSON OF WAR(US)
On this day in 1917, President Woodrow Wilson asks Congress to send U.S. troops into battle against Germany in World War I. In his address to Congress that day, Wilson lamented it is a fearful thing to lead this great peaceful people into war. Four days later, Congress obliged and declared war on Germany. -
Spanish Influenza (EU)
The 1918 influenza pandemic (January 1918 – December 1920; colloquially known as Spanish flu) was an unusually deadly influenza pandemic, the first of the two pandemics involving H1N1 influenza virus. It infected 500 million people around the world, including people on remote Pacific islands and in the Arctic. -
Chateau-Thierry(US/EU)
The Americans attack the Germans at Chateau-Thierry. This battle would morph into the larger Battle of Belleau Wood. -
Armistice(EU)
The Armistice of 11 November 1918 was the armistice signed at Le Francport near Compiègne that ended fighting on land, sea and air in World War I between the Allies and their opponent, Germany. Previous armistices had been agreed with Bulgaria, the Ottoman Empire and the Austro-Hungarian Empire. -
Germany invades/declare war on France(EU)
In response to Hitler's invasion of Poland, Britain and France, both allies of the overrun nation declare war on Germany.France begin an offensive against Germany's western border two weeks later. -
Britain declares war on Germany
The British Empire declared war on the German Empire on August 4, 1914. The declaration was a result of German refusal to remove troops from neutral Belgium. Prior to the German invasion, the United Kingdom had signed the Treaty of London (1839) which guaranteed British and French defence of Belgium sovereignty.
